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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Dec 20
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1250/bu+0.12+38¢/BuJanuary (F)13.3175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0850/bu+0.12+34¢/BuJanuary (F)13.3375
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.7950/bu+0.120–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0342
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.8250/bu+0.12−2–+8¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0242
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–9.8650/bu+0.12+10–+12¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–9.8450/bu+0.12+9–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0650
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–10.0650/bu+0.12−20–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9495
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–10.0650/bu+0.12−20–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9235
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3250–9.5450/bu+0.12−42–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.5150/bu+0.12−45–−23¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6692
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4650–9.6250/bu+0.12−28–−12¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6404
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.6250/bu+0.12−30–−12¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6008
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.6150/bu+0.12−33–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7038
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.6150/bu+0.12−33–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6796
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750–9.8550/bu+0.12−17–+11¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9261
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750–9.8550/bu+0.12−17–+11¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9061
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.5950/bu+0.12−20–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.5950/bu+0.12−25–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6475
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3450–9.6050/bu+0.12−40–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7418
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.6050/bu+0.12−44–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7325
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8450/bu+0.120–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9375
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8450/bu+0.120–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8725
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8450/bu+0.120–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8725

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1525/bu+0.01−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1025/bu+0.01−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0025–5.1025/bu+0.01−50–−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3800/bu—+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.0125

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6725/bu+0.06+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.7700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025/bu+0.06+14¢/BuMarch (H)4.6800
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.4225/bu+0.06−12–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.5383
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.3725/bu+0.06−13–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.4600
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.4825/bu+0.06−3–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.5825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.4225/bu+0.05−6–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.5225
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.6625/bu+0.06−37–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4360
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.6225/bu+0.06−39–+16¢/BuMarch (H)4.3600
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.3525/bu+0.07−31–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.4471
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.3325/bu+0.06−35–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4171
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2825/bu+0.04−34–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.2825/bu+0.05−35–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3288
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1325–4.2925/bu+0.06−33–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.2925/bu+0.06−32–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4307
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4325/bu+0.06−19–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4663
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4325/bu+0.06−21–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4200
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3125–4.3325/bu+0.06−15–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.3125/bu+0.06−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4480
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.2725/bu+0.06−32–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.4000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2425/bu+0.06−36–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3717
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3125–4.4925/bu+0.06−15–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.5683
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.4925/bu+0.06−5–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.7800
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.4425/bu+0.06−5–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7050
Source: USDA AMS · Springfield, IL. Bids are what buyers offered on the day USDA collected them, not settled trades. Change and year-ago figures are USDA's own — nothing on this page is recomputed, and prices in different units are never averaged together.